Background
He received his education at a religious seminary, and in 1285 his father, Tarsayich Orbelian, sent him to Cilician Armenia, where he was consecrated a metropolitan bishop on Easter 1286.
He received his education at a religious seminary, and in 1285 his father, Tarsayich Orbelian, sent him to Cilician Armenia, where he was consecrated a metropolitan bishop on Easter 1286.
He is known for writing his well-researched History of the Province of Syunik. He remained there for three months as a guest of King Levon III and finally returned to Syunik in 1287. Orbelian died in 1305 and was buried in the family mausoleum in the monastery complex at Noravank.
Orbelian was a member of the Orbelian family of princes and feudal lords who ruled Armenia"s province of Syunik.
